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TIL that there was a point during the 1990s when TY beanie babies made up 10% of all sales on eBay.

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7rrkb TIL in Sweden parents planning to name a baby must get the approval of the government, submitting the proposed name of a child within three months of birth
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1PBW TIL A super massive star called Eta Carinae (7,500 light years from Earth) is nearing the end of its life. It could explode tomorrow or 1000 years from now in what is known as a supernova. The explosion will create a blast so violent that its flash will briefly outshine the entire Milky Way.
8ayJP TIL in 1968, at just 20 years old, Fred Hampton brokered a nonaggression pact among Chicago's most powerful street gangs and organized a multiracial "Rainbow coalition" to help end infighting and push for social change. He was then murdered in his sleep by the FBI.